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* I 4 K THURSDAY r SCHOOL TRUSTEES CITIZENS MASS MEETING / ; - /■ I (Continue from pace one) taxpayer and trustee, I* am' oppos^ed^ to extrMvajri^' tion, statf and cial proviso which is applicable to Ijaurens County gave the Senator complete power in the matter of /esr- ulating special district levies an4 the method of handling school funds. Mr. Kance had stated thait he had had the special provisaon put. in in reference to LaurenS'County leaving out the lo- ... .. . , there 'were several matters’he. wished onomy and there i, a false This school district, is the te or waste in the na county, but there is a ecasible eeononv —wealthiest in ^e' county and is far the poverty stricken condition thht some would have you believe. As fathers and mothers we do not want to see how cheaply we can operate our schools, but how efficiently, the* same .*chobls would run and als(f made a 'positive statement that thCre would 'not‘be any -additional taxes levied . . , ii. . • 1- j a II a I against the people, but Mr. Nance had ...If?”;failed to give any explanation of how the questions. (First, that the schools wduld run for nine months, and sec ond, that het would abolish the board.^cal board of trustees and the county|situation of -the cotton industry. Mr. Wade at this tim^ stated' that board of education. ^ ^nator Nance had stated aC"^he meeting, addressing his rerparlcs spe cifically.to the teachers,./that he had i sociation in New Orleans, made provision for the-payment ofj Mr. Jacobs stated that the textile made the positive Stat^cht‘that the the teachers^ but that the Board of industry had.always migrated from in reference to these two questions. Mr.' Wade^said that the' senator had Addresses Rotary Club X ^ At thd meeting ptf the Clihton Ro- tai^/dlub Moqday, Rotarian W. P. Ja cobs made an address on the preseht In this talk he used sdme of the facts which;he had presented bn ApriL:_26 to the ^American ^Cotton dippers’ asr t ' -f- lan iq March, 1935. Legislative!cobs will present tbe problems of the t MAY 2, 1935 policies which malte it iinprbfitable for industries to continue are policies which ’^ill ultimately work to the dis advantage of agriculture, the consum er,himself, and make it Impossible for the government to secure adequate revenues for the legitimate expenses cotton industry before.,a cabinet com mittee appointed by {^resident Roose velt to study the textile problems. The committee consists, lof Secretaries m. Wallace, Ickes, Rerkins and Roper. of government. On Thursday of this week Mr. Ja- ■ Ill r I I ■. '"'Say— ' “I SAW IT IN THE CHRONICLE" / , Thank To«l :mL\ X Trustee.s hud misiapplied the funds, re.striction to freedom, from. limited of saccessful buxine,. Are w« expected to provide fund, to carry to economize to the point that we be-l , , come little and stinity at the expend W „ ......... Senator Nance Propoees To Cut-,the Negro School Term To 6 Montiha Mr. Nance answered Mr. Wade’s question as to how' he proposed to provide funds to run the school for the full nine months by cutting doi^ the negro schools to six months. Mr. Wade said that Mr. Nance had assured the teachers that they would be paid, but did not state, when or how much they would be paid. Mr. Nance failed to give any answer to this question. Popiaf ^p^Tnis : . ::f:25 rhms j As^*Mr.H^^ade began-speakmgf Hickory Tavern 24Vii mills!Senator Nance and Representative Ixanford ' 24Vi mills (Witherspoon interrupt^ with ques- Mr. Harris explained the expense tions but he called to their attention enlarging Academy Street school 1 that he had the floor and that he did which had been attacked by Senator!not care to be interrupted with ques- Nance. He said that the board was'tion.s until after he had finished what unable to get .skilled labor from the he had to say and that after he had R.F.C. a.s luid l>een.,promi.scd, and this made it noce?iary to hire skilled la-, . bor to compjlete the 1/uilding and get wi.sne^l to. ask.- When Mr. Wade fin- it rea<ly for occupancy last Septem-1 i^hinl his talk he asked \vhether or not of the training and development of our children? In conclusion, he asked why the tax reduction has centered on Cross Hill and Hunter townships. For your in formation, he said, I want to give you the mills for the county districts: Cross Hill f. 17* mills* Clinton i .... 17V4 mills Mountville 21 mills Laurens 20 mills Gray Court ... 24 mills Fountain Inn .... 24 mills in using them for other purposes than for what they were appropriated and that was the reason that the school was without funds. Mr. Wade called NEW GOODS at environment to fields of greater op portunity. He sketched the rise of the textile industry in England, its mi gration to New England, and the in- The LEADER attention to the fact that the only crea^ taxation, restrictive legisla- funds used for any purpose other than the current operating expenses of the school was some $3800.00 that h«d been used out of the general'funds for the purpose of completing the addi tions to the Ac^emy Street school. Mr. Wade stated that the general funds were not ear-marked for any specific purpose but were left with the discretion of the Board of Trus tees and that the Trustees had the authority to spend the fund in any manner they saw fit so long as it^as for the school and that he felt that the completion of the school rooms at .«^hool purposes. At this point Mr. Wade said that he thought the only quarrel Mr. Nance had with the Board of Trustees was the fact that they had not specifically souglit his permission to use the funds for the completion of Academy Street school and this seems tion and labor troubles which caused the industry to turn to the ^uth. As the industry-prospered in New England taxes were steadily increased to a high pinnacle of 75c a^ spindle. Then, as mills closed, thir legislators reduced the tax load in New England to an average of 49c a^ spindle in 1933. In South Carolina the tax per spindle reached a peak of 75c in 1930 and was still at 65c in 1933. In the pertod, 1925 to 1934, there was an 18 per cent decrease in the spindles in the United States. In the same period Germany, India, Italy, i I I I I NEW WASH PANTS FOR MEN AND YOUNG MEN ‘ 98c to $2.95 NEW DRESS PANTS FOR MEN AND YOUNG MEN $2.95 to $4.95 I I I I i I •f *• Academy “51 reeL-was certainTy foryBrazTI, China “and Japan ' incr^sed per cent to finished he w'oukl* be glad to answer have seriously offended the feel- any (jue.stions that either of them their spindles from 6.4 74.1 per cent. We have reduced our cotton crop 43 per cent in three years, while India has increased her pro duction 8 per cent, Egypt 22 per cent, and..Rrazil 68 per cent. The recent restrictive policies in the United State.s, its" processing tax and. NEW WHITE OXFORDS , , - FOR MEN $1.98 to $2.95 I ■ NEW WHITE OXFORDS FOR BOYS ^ $1.98' I I ■ I ~i g ings of the Senator. He said that he j government rej^lation meanihat wei^ thought thal the .schools belong to j are .stepping aside voluntarily and per-! ~ the fK'ople of Hunter School Uistrict and the tax.es which provided the her. We had two months of rainy [there were any (juestions any one weather, he : ai<l, our building was wanted to ask, but neither .Mr. With-* for the school were paid by the lorn oixm and being exposed, and, ei'^poon nor Mr. Nance came forward | district and he asked: TuinedTTmd the expemlllUre \vas mad^'Jwith any questions. ' .Senator Nance Passes Law Giving Him Large Powers Mr. Wade called ;5pecific attention to the law under which the schools are oimratlng. Senator Nance had made the statement that the present law which was enacted in 1933 by the General Assembly was a Statewide law. Mr. Wade said that this law was Statewide in its G(*neral terms, but bad p . , cc.al proviso as to I.auren.s solely to i)roti*ct the property, to, provide school accommodations for the^chiblren of the Clinton Cotton Mills who attend this school, and to relieve over-crowded conditions at the P'lorida Slre^d school. I btdieve, he said,^ that any other .sensible group of men under the circumstances would have acted pret’i.sely as the l)oard di3. R. W. Wade, local attorney,, in ad-* dressing the meetjng, stated that the question before the people'was wheth-jt'ounty and thirteen pther Counties er or not proviisions would be madc.a'hd was so peculiarly worded that-it to continue the .school for the full nine, placed absolute and. complete control months and whether or not provision as to the handling of .school matter.s would be made to pay teachers. He in the hands of the Senator. He stat- .stated that Senator . Nance had an- ed that Uuv Act in*tta general terms .‘••werefl this first question, as the sen- as a Statewide measure left the mat- ator had stated that the .'•'chools would tor of levies for school purposes in be run for the full nine months and the hands of the local trustees, the that ho would make provisions for U, However, another iiuostion had been injecte<l into the minding by Senator Nance, and that was the mlatter as to Senator and County Delegation and the Coqnty Board of Education, and it provided for the reduction of any special levies as might be deemed tne board of trustees, Senator Nance i advisable by the local Board of Trus- having Stated that it was his purpose tees and-the County Board of. Elduca- tp abolish the present board and sub-, tion,-and by^JJie Senator^ and half of Mr. stitute another board in its place W’ade stated that Senator Nance had given a positive answ'er to both of the members of the Huose of Repre- .sentatives of the respective Counties. But the peculiar wording of the spe- ini Our Congratulations To Clinton High School On Their splendid Newspaper YOUR TAVORITE ■ SNAPSHOT F ENLARGED, COLORED H FRAMED P cnitf 25^ CAMAY WRAPPERS iuy<n^* P P P I P THi SOAP OF BEAUTIFUL WOMOl YOU CAN TRADE HERE WITH ASSURANCE 0 F Q U A LI T Y AND FAIR PRICES. Gibbes Condensed - 1 Tomato Soop, 2 Vz oz* * V Phillips Tomato Juice, No. 1 can 5' Heinz Rice Flakes, 2 pkgs r 25' Duke> Mayonnaise, Quarts ......Z w Grapefruit Juice, Noi.2 can 10' Royal Scarlet Tomato Juice, gallon can 55' "I would Ijke to know when it be came neces.sary for the pt*ople of the district to get special permission from ►Senator Nance to spend their own money for their own school and for their own children,” Senator Nance Says He will Ap point New Board When Mr. Nance had the floor he said that he had put the prc.sent Board of Trustees in office and that he would puL-ihem out as soon as he returned to Columbia ,and would appoint a board that would do what he told them to do. ( _ Mr. Wade in replying to thi.s state ment'smd ‘‘that any man who would accept an appointfhent as Trustee rnitting an ever-alert competitive |, world to prosper at our expense.* vSince August, 1934, seventy-one mills, envploying 29,845 persons, have closed their doors and have not since re-j op**ned. There were.33,000 more-em-i ployws in the cotton millp in. March, *‘.1 4 NEW DRESS SHIRTS 79c to $1.49 NEW SPRING HOSIERY IN ALL NEW SHADES- 49c to 79c that .Senator Nance had faithfully en deavored to serve the interests of the county and his sincerity should not be doubted. . i . I Members of the I house delegation, Phil D. Huff, S. J.’Hunt and J. D. Witherspoon were present upon invi tation. Mr. Witherspoon asked sev eral questions during the meeting, seeking information he said, while Messrs; Ilyff and Hunt did not ex press themselves or take any part in the meeting. NEW STRAW HATS FOR MEN 98c to $L98 i i i NEW SUN HATS — BIG SELECTION 19c to 49c I I i under the conditions as stated by Mr. Nance, would not have the backbone! to act as a trustee. , I Mr. Wade Replies To Representative { ~ Witherspoon Repre.sentative Witherspoon had made inquiry from* B. H. Boyd. Chair- ^man of the Board of Trustees as to the amount of bonds outstandii^ against the school district. Mr. Boyd stated that there had at one time been a total of $141,000 bonds oustanding against the district'hut $41,500 of ihis amount had matured and had been re tired, leaving $99,500 in bonds out standing and that the sinking fund* had approximately $25,000 accumula tions, leaving a net imiobtedness of approximately $75,000.00. Mr. With-j erspoon staUnl that this was only ap proximately one half of the amount! of bonds at one time outstanding and ! he did not see any-'reason why one half of the taxes for bond purposes -would not be sufficient to meet the bond requirements. In replying to this Mr. Wade stated I that Mr. Witherspoon knew nothing about bonds nor how to calculate ...the DID YOU KNOW... i That Jack Anderson has Rone out of the automobile repair business and that Anderson’s Garage is now beinR operated by Dennis Sowers and Andrew John son as— Sowers Garage Phone 196 LADIES^ HATS NEW SHIPMENT 98c to $2.95 I * i i I I i LADIES^ WASH DRESSES NEW SHIPMENT 98c to $1.98 LADIES? NEW SILK DRESSES $2.95 to $5,95 'Akt- *•» THE lEADER, i The Store That Keeps Down i MARKET SPECIALS FRESH PORK RIBS, lb 20c GOOSE LIVER, lb . r '45c DRIED CHIPPED BEEF, lb. .- .45c FRESH COOKED J’EELED SHRIMP, lb .r. ‘ 40c VEAL, LEG-O-LAMB, FRESH FISH -- WHILE THEY LAST - I amount necessary for bond retire ments. Mr. Wade stated that part of| the bonds were term bonds and part' were serial bonds. The amount neees- j sary to provide sinking fund for thej retirement of term bonds remain con-! stant until the term expired. That in the case of serial bonds the amount necessary to retire the principal re mains constant until the whole series was retired. At this time Mr. Wade addressing his remarks direct to Representative Witherspoon said “I would suggest that you' go over to the high school and get some boy or girl, not one of the recent contest- winners, ¥ut just any girl or boy, to give you some les sons in arithmetic and show you how to calculate the interest and sinking fund on a bond issue.” Mr. Wade asked which would you rather have, your schools run by yourselves through your local Boani of Trustees or by politician^ ? Would you rather have your schools under the management of Mr. Donnan With erspoon, who does not know how • to calculate interest; or by his brother, Mr. Harvey Witherspoon, a compe tent educator?” After Mr. Waile » , PLATINUM . BANDED GLASS WITH PURCHASE OF I POUND OF I X remarks, J. H. i ■ m II MARGARINE - V 1" V, DATED f FRESHNESS Both for 22c Bblock’s Grocery Market . (Fanners .Exchange) Wc IMItCt Two 156 And 157 Witherspoon, superintendent of the schools, took the floor and gave a re sume of the development • of the schools under his administration du ring the.past fifteen years. He took Senator- Nance, to-whom he referred to as his “Cousin Carroll Nance,” and his brother Doniian Witherspoon, sharply to task for their position and dictatorial attitude in regard to the schools. • At the conclusion of Mr.** Wither spoon’s talk a motion was made that the meeting give the BoarfI of Trus tees a rising vote of conf^ence and appreciation. When the m’btion was put the orerwhelnung majority of those present-stood. When the neg ative aide of the motion was put no one rtood. Just before the meeting adjourned J. F. Jacobs came forward and stated that he had been ask^ by Senator NaRce to say a few woz^ He stAted A BARtUUN S2750.00 \ For quick sale we offer the M. A. Sumerel Home Place, containing 204V2 acres, seven miles from either Clinton or Laurens, large 8-room concrete construction home, one very large barn, one"cotton house, 3 tenant houses, several outbuildings. Approximately 150 acres u) cultivation. Land exceptionally good. Plenty of water and .wood.-One.t>f the best farms in county, worth easily $5000.00. Offer for quick sale $2750.00 cash. Rented for 1935 2000 pounds lint cotton; Improvements worth con siderably more than price asked. This is a real bargain. Act quick. ' * w. scon Rectiver --f